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I don’t have space to collect items, what can I do?
If you don’t have space for physical items, you can create a virtual harvest using our Amazon wishlist. Just share the link in our download pack and encourage donations from there. That way all donations come straight to us. Alternatively, you can collect financial donations and either donate that to us, or create an online supermarket order that delivers straight to us. More details about how to do all of this are in our resource pack.
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I don’t have a printer for the posters. Can you send me some instead?
Of course. Just contact us at Fundraising@weareac.org and we can send some out to you.
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How can I get more donations to come in?
We recommend sharing information about why you are doing a collection and asking friends, family, colleagues, or members to contribute. You can use email, social media or leaving a poster and collection box in a prominent place. Our resource pack has lots of posters and graphics you can use to make it quick and easy to share information about your collection.
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Do I have to be an official group, company or school to take part?
No, not at all, you can do a collection as an individual or informal group, and ask friends, family, colleagues or other members of any clubs you're in to contribute and make a difference.
Harvest: Aberdeen Cyrenians Food Appeal
Get involved in our emergency food appeal running from 22nd September to 21st December
How to be part of harvest
You can help people in hunger in a number of different ways:
Donate food and essentials
Start a collection point
Download our Harvest guide and resource pack to get started. All you need is a couple of strong boxes and our posters from the pack, pop it somewhere people will notice and can access.
Volunteer to organise / drive
Share the campaign
Get started today
Whilst food is our top priority, other essentials such as hygiene items, and new warm underwear are also needed by people throughout the year, and especially during the colder months when bills go up.
See our full list of priority items which has essentials such as: tinned meat, fruit, vegetables, beans and desserts, sauces for pasta, jams, tea, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate, and cereal.
You can download our Harvest guide and resource pack to get started. All you need is a couple of strong boxes and our posters from the pack. Pop it somewhere people will notice and can access, and fill out the form to let us know. We’ll keep you updated about collections and drop off options.
The pack also includes templates to help make it as easy as possible, from sending emails to sharing on social media. You can encourage donations and let people know what’s happening.
If you’re not able to host a collection, our Harvest guide also gives information on using our Amazon wishlist to host a virtual collection instead.
Harvest Collection Registration
We’ve finished our collection, now what do we need to do?
Donations can be dropped off at our new warehouse in Torry: Unit 6, Crombie Road, Aberdeen, AB11 9QQ. View on map
Please book a slot to help us manage donations and ensure someone is available to take delivery.
*If you have a large number of items and need assistance, please get in touch at warehouse@weareac.org as we may be able to arrange to collect it from you.
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